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- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: I am, most definitely. It is much better to be mischievous than to be utterly lacking in compassion. Let us forget Senator Mullen and instead talk about the whole lobby. Where is the compassion in these people who have fought against everything? I have looked at the names listed under the amendments. They are the same Senators who tabled the most disgraceful amendments on the civil...
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: Yes, I know.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: I will sit down shortly. Earlier I had to leave this House to open an exhibition of wonderful stuff created by young architectural students who redesigned O'Connell Street, which was heart lifting. I came back in here and was astonished to learn that we had only reached amendment No. 36. Obviously we are not going to finish the debate today. I urge the Government to guillotine the legislation.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: I hope the debate is guillotined at 8.30 p.m. The Government would have my full support if the legislation was guillotined and it put an end to this rubbish.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: This is a mindset to try to imprison a 14 year old who is the victim of rape.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: I always stand advised by the superior knowledge of Senator Crown, from which I have personally benefitted. However, I wonder about this proposal. I am in favour of collecting information. Perhaps, it is intrusive - I do not know - but it would seem to me logical for the State to collect statistics regarding whether these treatments are successful for the purpose of informing people and...
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: Quite possibly. In what way?
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: Could they not be anonymised?
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: Senator van Turnhout is not present.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: I thank the Acting Chairman; I might.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: This is a hasty and ill-conceived amendment. I get a feeling that the sponsors of such amendments would actually be quite pleased if the assisted human reproduction facilities were closed down. A fine of €100,000 would close one, and I think that is probably the ultimate intention. When I say it is hasty and ill conceived, I am not sure whether my colleague, Senator Mullen, has...
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: Of course they do.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: No. I asked why we were talking about fines and imprisonment.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: Absolutely.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: Senator Mullen has illustrated exactly what I say. The refusal to comply with an order of the court involves contempt. Of course it does.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: It was a rhetorical question; move on.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: I am all in favour of keeping records. It seems to me it would be useful to have a record of which treatments were successful and which were unsuccessful for the purpose of perfecting those and relying mostly on those treatments that have a proven track record of success. I completely understand Senator Crown's trouble with this and that is because the information contains the name and...
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2015)
David Norris: Senator Mullen's amendment is tautologous because "sufficient" contains of itself "sufficiently grave".
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
David Norris: Hear, hear. No need to divide on that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
David Norris: I accept your ruling, a Leas Chathaoirligh.